Voices of Resilience: Successful Jamaican Women Educators

Autor/in	Dole, Sharon
Titel	Voices of Resilience: Successful Jamaican Women Educators
Quelle	In: Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 8 (2014) 3, S.144-156 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-3308
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Resilience (Psychology); Risk; Academic Achievement; Females; Educational Administration; Administrator Education; Graduate Students; Self Concept; Barriers; Social Support Groups; Sexual Abuse; Poverty; Pregnancy; Punishment; Family Relationship; Teacher Expectations of Students; Family Characteristics; Teacher Student Relationship; Academic Failure; College Entrance Examinations; Interpersonal Relationship; Personal Narratives; Student Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Risiko; Schulleistung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Selbstkonzept; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Armut; Schwangerschaft; Bestrafung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Erlebniserzählung; Schülerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Through the use of the framework of risk and resilience in a narrative inquiry, the present study examined the protective factors affecting the academic success of 24 Jamaican women in a graduate cohort in educational administration. All but two of the women rose from poverty to become academically successful, defined as having achieved graduate student status in educational administration. The protective factors found in the women can be grouped under three broad categories: strong personal identity traits, such as perseverance and a sense of faith; positive relationships that served as sources of support; and the ability to reframe barriers to success. In view of the obstacles they faced, it took multiple protective factors working together to overcome the risk factors that the women encountered in their paths to academic success. This article further includes discussion about the cultural patterns relevant to Jamaica that contribute to both the risk and protective factors of women. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01